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Homes and housing

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Style and substance in strong balance at rejuvenated Egham town centre

Housing need and public amenities drove AHMM’s design of Magna Square in Egham, a high-density but contextual development in a conservation zone

23 April 2024

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MacEwen Award 2024 highly commended: Citizens House, Lewisham, keeps people closer to home

Archio’s much-needed affordable homes in south London prioritise robust details and community input to squeeze the most from a tight budget

29 January 2024

House extensions

Stacked slate renovation makes the most of house and garden
Recycled materials complement Georgian building and verdant garden
KAST Architects’ home conversion restores life to Cornish barns
How KAST made a light and airy home at Milk Moon Barn
Cool for cats: how Emil Eve’s extension made a light, relaxed home
Long light and warm wood invite calm lingering
Williams Griffiths upholds modernist ethos in Ferrings estate extension
Sympathetic addition to original home makes seamless extension
Gresford Architects extends and remodels Walthamstow house
Reorganising the layout made the terraced house better suited to modern family life, says Tom Gresford
Common Ground Workshop creates hidden oasis in end-of-terrace house
How a modest east London property was extended into Spitalfields House, merging interior and exterior spaces
AOC wraps a forest-inspired extension around a north-east London home
Gill Lambert and Geoff Shearcroft on adapting their Victorian semi to meet the needs of a family of five
Invisible Studio creates house extension for filmmaker and playwright
Piers Taylor talks about extending a Hampshire cottage to reconfigure the space and maximise the view
Sinclair Studios' addition introduces a lofty glasshouse feel
Glazed side return extension in verdant green steel brings light, life and lushness to a Clapham terrace
Grace Choi Architecture turns darkness into light with reinvented Newcastle home
Timber loggia creates connections and a delightful place to pause
James Alder takes a layered approach to Victorian extension
Brick and glass outbuildings inspire garden flat addition
Guttfield Architecture gives modernist makeover to 1960s brick box house
Practice director Fred Guttfield talks about transforming Weir Grove House in Berkshire
[Y/N] Studio prioritises nuance with its glass extension for a Victorian home
Attention to detail maintains individualism and intimacy in conservation-driven project
HAPA Architects restores grade II-listed home with sympathetic flint-faced extension
Conservation area sees new addition share materials palette of original house
Studio KAP adds metal-clad extension to Victorian villa in Glasgow
The frame-like character complements the solid presence of the existing sandstone building
Andre Kong Studio creates stepped brick loft to expand London house
The distinct brick loft is expressed as a series of three stepped volumes hosting a bedroom, study and bathroom
Delve Architects combines sawtooth roofed extension with 60s-style interiors
Groovy Roofy uses circular economy principles while meeting the clients’ wish for a playful 60s colour scheme
Artefact revamps and extends former council house in Islington
Pirouette House combines open-plan living with niches for individual activities
Selencky Parsons’ Old Apple Store addition doubles original footprint
The new structure’s form and material palette refer to those of the existing house in a contemporary way
District's canny, colourful extension wraps around ground floor flat
Colour Casing project in south east London provides flexible, light-filled spaces to the side and rear
Envelop's green-roofed volumes and reflections push the boundaries for back extensions in Hackney
Stainless steel panels and an oriel window set up a subtle intimacy between house and garden
Fieldwork's brick ribbon extension wraps up a bigger, better family home
Garden, facades and internal plan come together to make Fieldworks Architects' coherent home
Hollaway Studio’s weathered steel extension complements 18th-century Kent house
Upper Maxted uses rust-coloured steel to blend with its rural context
Coloured cement sets the tone at EBBA’s Cast House
Eco-cement and brick form the rough base for the upper level's material refinement
Larch-clad volume extends barn home into Bristol’s green belt
How Mitchell Eley Gould extended a house on green belt land to add a new kitchen and living area
Vernacular tiles front Bureau de Change’s unconventional extension
This unusually shaped rear extension to a north London semi accommodates a sunken living room
  1. Buildings

Splendid isolation adds atmosphere to Lake Balaton's clifftop house

Kontextus Studio's crisp aluminium pavilion perches unexpectedly in its stunningly naturalistic setting on a cliff overlooking Hungary's famous lake

6 December 2023

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House of the Year 2023 shortlist: Cowshed reborn as living and work space

David Kohn Architects' exemplary reuse and enhancement of the existing agricultural structure makes Cowshed a home 'full of meaning and joy'

26 October 2023

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Indujah Srikaran: Postcard from Eryri/ Snowdonia

A trip to the mountains of north Wales reveals a mysterious cottage deep in the woods for Indujah Srikaran, who finds intrigue and charm in the strangely named Ugly House

18 July 2023

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